Happy Cat Pain and Stress Relief

02/13/2025

My latest blog post about how massage and acupressure can help relief PMS cramping pain!

Menstrual cramps can be a monthly struggle for many individuals, often disrupting daily activities and overall well-being. If you're looking for a natural remedy for menstrual pain relief, combining acupressure with massage therapy may be the solution. Studies suggest that these holistic techniques....

11/06/2024

With the shift in the political climate, I want it to be made known that my office is always a safe space for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and minorities. If you are looking for a massage therapist that will have your best interests in mind, I am here for you! ❤️

10/26/2024

For my IVF girlies:

Here is a good study on beet, watermelon, ginger juice can improve clinical results.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10712821/ #:~:text=Therefore%20our%20evidence%20suggests%20that,antioxidants%20bioavailability%20favoring%20embryo%20implantation.

To prove the hypothesis that beetroot, watermelon and ginger juice supplementation improves the endometrial receptivity and clinical outcomes of intracytoplasmic s***m injection (ICSI) cycles. This prospective randomized study enrolled 436 female ...

10/05/2024

Ugh. I feel this is so true. 😭 I love what I do and it makes my blood BOIL when my clients (and it’s mostly women that this happens to) are not taken seriously by their doctors who never lay hands on their patients. There are wonderful doctors, nurse practitioners, PAs, etc out there who love what they do and really make a difference in their patients’ lives but it feels like we don’t have many here in Tallahassee.

09/15/2024

If you are having a bad day…

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08/30/2024

Here is a fascinating read for anyone interested in herbs/natural remedies.

If you walk into a hip smoothie shop or health food store, you’ll undoubtedly be flooded with the newest “superfoods” and cure-all herbs. Like so many things in our modern culture, herbal medicine also has its own “fads,” as it seems as if there’s almost a new one in style each season. A...

08/22/2024

If you have beauty berries growing in your yard, take a look at this paper from Emory University about how the beauty berry plant's different parts have incredible anti-microbial, anti-viral properties and may help with antibiotic resistant bacterial infections like staph and mrsa. I'm going to gather some leaves and tincture them!

Emory scientists discovered a compound in the leaves of a common shrub, the American beautyberry, that boosts an antibiotic’s activity against antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria

08/22/2024

HELL TO THE NO! Leave the parks alone! There is a petition in the comments to let DeSantis and his buddies know that we don't want development on protected land.

The sweeping proposal set off a firestorm of public outcry across the state.

08/16/2024

A quick post because my ADHD brain doesn't want to focus on my study material:

I wanted to share a clinical experience with Rosemary and why it's one of my favorite herbs. Not only does it smell lovely and taste great, but it is also very anti-fungal and anti-microbial. I have a bottle of rosemary essential oil in my office for this very reason.

One of my clients, and older gentleman with various physical limitations due to chronic pain, was complaining about foot pain. He always wore socks and didn't want me to work on his feet. I insisted that I would be more than happy to help with his feet and there was no need to be embarrassed because in this field you run into all kinds of things.

It turns out he has a raging foot fungal infection going on, and he hadn't trimmed his toenails in so long due to his inability to reach his feet. I felt so bad for him but I wasn't grossed out because foot fungus is a part of life and with my rosemary oil I figured we can get control of this.

Every week for a couple of months I would apply rosemary oil directly onto the toenails and massage his feet (with gloves on) with rosemary oil mixed with grapeseed oil. Today one of the more gnarly toenails had fallen off, and you could see healthy nail growth underneath it. The other more gnarly toenail has very healthy nail growth at the base and will eventually fall off.

Thankfully he has an appointment with the podiatrist in a few weeks, but at least we got a head start on treating his fungus without any drugs or unwanted side effects. And by addressing this issue, he now lets me massage his feet, which brings relief to his foot pain.

08/01/2024

I can’t stand fungal illnesses.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/lightning-valley-fever-exposure-19606812.php?fbclid=IwY2xjawEXahZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTBZpZcVYafjqv8bEfYQscgv4Vsr7kPoS_J1wNI171PSbxHXv2uGjiLrPw_aem_M2hXiZmdHgGR2pqcVzWnVA

Thousands of attendees at a California music festival may have been exposed to a potentially deadly fungal infection.

07/28/2024

I have an opening for 60/90-minute massage tomorrow @ 10:30 AM!

07/19/2024

The joy I felt when my client informed me that she hasn’t needed her shot for her migraines in the last three months. I love what I do!!